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at the u.n. national assembly, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu devoted much of his speech to iran and the perceived threat of its nuclear program. he has been pushing the united states to declare a red line iran cannot cross if it wants to avoid war. well, today, armed with some props, he literally showed where he thinks that line should be. take a look. >> where should a red line be drawn? a red line should be drawn right here. before, before iran completes the second stage of nuclear enrichment necessary to make a bomb. >> when netanyahu pulled out that red marker, he turned up the heat on a disagreement he's had with the white house. obviously i think i said national assembly. it's the general assembly of the u.n. president obama has said the united states will do everything it must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon but he's resisting setting a timetable r military action. secretary of state hillary clinton sat down with netanyahu just a short time ago tonight. the hig
at the u.n. national assembly, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu devoted much of his speech to iran and the perceived threat of its nuclear program. he has been pushing the united states to declare a red line iran cannot cross if it wants to avoid war. well, today, armed with some props, he literally showed where he thinks that line should be. take a look. >> where should a red line be drawn? a red line should be drawn right here. before, before iran completes the second stage of...
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today at a protest near the u.n. former mayor rudy giuliani said president obama betrayed the people of iran by not doing more to support their freedoms. strong words. spoke to mayor rudy giuliani moments ago. you have been critical of the u.s. policy toward iran. saying the obama administration has a cavalier attitude. how? >> the idea you are going to stop them from becoming nuclear by just saying things like all options are on the table -- >> isn't that what mitt romney said, all options are on the table. >> mitt romney is not the president of the united states. the president of the united states should be communicating he will take military action. >> no person says we are going to bomb you. george w. bush said all options are on the table. >> reagan said he was going to take military action and pointed missiles and made it clear. >> so reagan said all options are on the table plenty of times. >> this was a long time ago when bush was dealing with iran. it was seven, eight, nine ten years away from becoming nucle
today at a protest near the u.n. former mayor rudy giuliani said president obama betrayed the people of iran by not doing more to support their freedoms. strong words. spoke to mayor rudy giuliani moments ago. you have been critical of the u.s. policy toward iran. saying the obama administration has a cavalier attitude. how? >> the idea you are going to stop them from becoming nuclear by just saying things like all options are on the table -- >> isn't that what mitt romney said, all...
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he skipped the traditional luncheon, leaving the u.n. secretary general sounding sort of like a jilted prom date. >> i think he must be busy with something at this moment. or perhaps he must be stuck somewhere in traffic. >> the secretary general may be having a hard time explaining it because the notion of a president doing this kind of a speak and run is pretty unprecedented. here's what president obama's new york scrapbook looked like last year. he met with britain's prime minister, david cameron, had a sit-down with french president nicolas sarkozy, mr. obama also spoke one-on-one with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he met with all those world leaders, all these world leaders as well. 13 in all. similarly, there was plenty of meetings the year before and the year before that. in fact, keeping them honest, we checked and discovered that no president in recent memory has ever come up for the general assembly and not met with anyone. yesterday, white house spokesman jay carney said mr. obama has had over the last few weeks,
he skipped the traditional luncheon, leaving the u.n. secretary general sounding sort of like a jilted prom date. >> i think he must be busy with something at this moment. or perhaps he must be stuck somewhere in traffic. >> the secretary general may be having a hard time explaining it because the notion of a president doing this kind of a speak and run is pretty unprecedented. here's what president obama's new york scrapbook looked like last year. he met with britain's prime...
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including up to yesterday with the president's address to u.n. general assembly, very slow to embrace this notion that it is a terror attack. you can't keep pointing to this film and protest when they show up with rpgsand mortars. >> that is the thing, eli. arguing against my devil's advocate question was, they were publicly giving in error, linking this to that video as opposed to just saying we are investigating. >> i think is there are two different things going on right now. one is what happened in cairo and that stemmed in part from a broadcaster who had jihadist sympathies, talking about the internet video in june. the second is what happened in libya, which i think had nothing to do with the outrage over the video, which started from a broadcaster in cairo. and those two narratives kind of merges, at least in the telling of the senior white house officials and other senior administration officials. >> bob, what is the significance of all of this? and secretary clinton made the strongest statement today. between the attacks to al qaeda. you
including up to yesterday with the president's address to u.n. general assembly, very slow to embrace this notion that it is a terror attack. you can't keep pointing to this film and protest when they show up with rpgsand mortars. >> that is the thing, eli. arguing against my devil's advocate question was, they were publicly giving in error, linking this to that video as opposed to just saying we are investigating. >> i think is there are two different things going on right now. one...
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what doesn't make any sense, is the white house spokesman, secretary of state and ambassador to the u.n., stating categorically, it was not a terrorist attack, it had all of the earmarks of a terrorist attack, rocket-prop rocket-propelled grenades and heavy weapons and a well carried out military operation. so why they want want to tell the mesh people that and face the facts, i don't know. there are other reports that there had been other threats made and also reports that there are basically an al qaeda extremist outfit militia, right there in benghazi. >> fran townsend, who worked in the bush administration, told us she was visiting libya recently, about a month or so before this attack, actually met with ambassador stevens at a hotel in tripoli, he arrived in an armored vehicle with a driver, when he entered the hotel, he had no security with him at all. and that surprised her at the time. i mean, it seems -- i've never seen an ambassador in a war zone, in a place like libya with threats, who doesn't have a larger entourage of security. is this an intelligence failure. what do you a
what doesn't make any sense, is the white house spokesman, secretary of state and ambassador to the u.n., stating categorically, it was not a terrorist attack, it had all of the earmarks of a terrorist attack, rocket-prop rocket-propelled grenades and heavy weapons and a well carried out military operation. so why they want want to tell the mesh people that and face the facts, i don't know. there are other reports that there had been other threats made and also reports that there are basically...
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what else doesn't make any sense, the white house spokesman, secretary of state and ambassador to the u.n. stating categorically that it was not a terrorist attack when obviously it had all the earmarks of a terrorist attack, including rocket-propelled grenades, heavy weapons an a well carried out military operation. and why they would want to tell the american people this that in face of facts i don't know. there are other reports that there had been other threats made, and there are reports that there's basically an al qaeda extremist outfit, militia in benghazi. >> fran toungzen who worked in the bush administration, told us she was meeting with the ambassador recently at a hotel in tripoli, although he arrived with a armored vehicle, he had no security at all with him, and that surprised her at the time. i mean, it seems that i have never seen an ambassador who does not have in a war zone and a place like libya with threats who does not have a larger entourage of security. is this an intelligence failure? i mean, what do you attribute this to? >> i attribute it partially to the courag
what else doesn't make any sense, the white house spokesman, secretary of state and ambassador to the u.n. stating categorically that it was not a terrorist attack when obviously it had all the earmarks of a terrorist attack, including rocket-propelled grenades, heavy weapons an a well carried out military operation. and why they would want to tell the american people this that in face of facts i don't know. there are other reports that there had been other threats made, and there are reports...
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. >> after dropping this on the u.n. yesterday, he talks to obama and romney today. what israel's line in the sand would mean for all of us.
. >> after dropping this on the u.n. yesterday, he talks to obama and romney today. what israel's line in the sand would mean for all of us.
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a top u.n. diplomat says their goal is to increase pressure on the government to stop the violence. >>> two u.s. marine staff sergeants are facing a court martial for urinating on dead taliban fighters and posing for photos like this one. video of the july 2011 incident was also posted on youtube in january. three other marines have also been disciplined for it. >>> check out these incredible photos from brazil, where a truck spun out of control and teetered over a bridge. amazingly, the driver was not hurt. it took 25 minutes, though, for rescuers to free him from the dangling truck by rope. >>> a four foot long seafood storage bin from japan was found off oahu, hawaii last week 18 months after it was swept out to sea when the tsunami hit the asian country. back to you. >> amazing. susan, thanks. >>> we've been reporting on the disabled national veterans foundation which sounds legitimate, right, and its chief fund-raiser. what we've uncovered has triggered outrage and multiple investigations.
a top u.n. diplomat says their goal is to increase pressure on the government to stop the violence. >>> two u.s. marine staff sergeants are facing a court martial for urinating on dead taliban fighters and posing for photos like this one. video of the july 2011 incident was also posted on youtube in january. three other marines have also been disciplined for it. >>> check out these incredible photos from brazil, where a truck spun out of control and teetered over a bridge....
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. >> that was u.n. ambassador susan rice yesterday morning. now, many have a hard time believing that, including senator lindsey graham. his colleague, john mccain also believes the assault was pre-planned. >> why do you think they're calling it a spontaneous attack? >> i have no clue. the facts -- the facts are so clear that heavy weapons and rocket propelled grenades, indirect fire and direct fire used could not be spontaneous. >> with that kind of pushback, the state department seems to be trying to soften ambassador rice's statement. listen. >> we've heard a number of different things from libya. i would simply say that what the comments that ambassador rice made accurately reflect our government's initial assessment. >> initial assessment. that was earlier today. this evening, we reached out again to the state department but we have yet to receive a reply. now, again, the breaking news tonight, new reporting from libya that lays out precisely what americans there were told about potentially deadly threats and how they knew it. in a moment
. >> that was u.n. ambassador susan rice yesterday morning. now, many have a hard time believing that, including senator lindsey graham. his colleague, john mccain also believes the assault was pre-planned. >> why do you think they're calling it a spontaneous attack? >> i have no clue. the facts -- the facts are so clear that heavy weapons and rocket propelled grenades, indirect fire and direct fire used could not be spontaneous. >> with that kind of pushback, the state...
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. >> after dropping this on the u.n. yesterday, he talks to obama and romney today. what israel's line in the sand would mean for all of us. plus, have you seen chelsea lately? >> nobody knows what the hell they're getting into when they're running for president. >> one of my favorites guests is back. >> i'm single, yes. >> if men are
. >> after dropping this on the u.n. yesterday, he talks to obama and romney today. what israel's line in the sand would mean for all of us. plus, have you seen chelsea lately? >> nobody knows what the hell they're getting into when they're running for president. >> one of my favorites guests is back. >> i'm single, yes. >> if men are
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spokesman saying no meeting was requested so no meeting was denied, they're not going to be at the u.n. at the same time, do you buy that? >> it took a couple of days for them to come around to finally somebody that was supposed to know being able to say no meeting was ever suggested. but, look, these two guys don't like each other very much. it goes back to the vice president's visit to israel way back in the beginning of the administration when he was unhappily surprised by the announcement when he was there, this is vice president biden that the israelis were expanding their settlement. that was countered by when netanyahu was here, sort of being forced to sit in the assistant principal's office at the white house for a couple of hours to stew while the president went off and did other things. before we get off this, i want to say that i watched the president at joint base andrews this afternoon, he was the president, he was our president and he was my president and i thought he did a wonderful job. >> rich, do you buy, though, this argument that paul ryan is making that obama has s
spokesman saying no meeting was requested so no meeting was denied, they're not going to be at the u.n. at the same time, do you buy that? >> it took a couple of days for them to come around to finally somebody that was supposed to know being able to say no meeting was ever suggested. but, look, these two guys don't like each other very much. it goes back to the vice president's visit to israel way back in the beginning of the administration when he was unhappily surprised by the...